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When and how interactive whiteboards should be used? Any ideas? Any reported evidence? List your ideas below

Interactive Whiteboards work well when teaching classes how to use computer programs as they let you literally touch the screen where you want your students to click.

Interactive Whiteboards should be used when the teacher wants to be able to save a soft copy of the notes / drawings/ information they write up during class time for future use. "Effective use of an IWB should encourage both teachers and students to ask deeper more probing questions and to search for answers together. An IWB can provide a focus for students to contribute their ideas and to listen to those of others. It can also lead to greater incorporation of ICT, so that ICT is integrated into the cirriculum, rather than seen as something separate that is only encountered in the ICT suite" //How to use an interactive whiteboard really effectively in your secondary classroom// Jenny Gage (2006) David Fulton Publishers LTD  interactive whiteboartds are a great useful tool to have in the class room. they can be used to reinforce prior learning. it can be integrated into all curriculum areas. students can use them to catergories information or picture.

 You can print off the image, save it to computer, email it use it on class blogs or web sites. Teachers can easily and quickly change what they are doing and adapt to the students needs and interests

Two questions need to be asked when introducing young children to anything new, including technology: Is it developmentally appropriate? Will the activity benefit the child? Therefore an IWB should be used in a developmentally appropriate way for the children that are being taught, and only if the activities that are being used in conjunction with the iwb will benefit all of the children. 